In July and August the titles for my Book a Month challenge were All Adults Here by Emily Straub and Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel. I’m excited today to talk about them today. Not to jump the gun, but I liked them both.

In case you’re following along and want to read too, the next book for September is The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. I’m excited about this one. This book promises to be a good read. I mean, a group of “unorthodox” octogenerians in a retirement home get to solve their first real murder. What could be bad? I love me a good murder mystery—but a book that is also “funny,” “charming”, and “moving” [so say reviewers]? I’m all in.

(Come to think of it, The Thursday Murder Club sounds a bit like television series running right now in its second season, Murders in the Building with Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez…It’s also funny and charming—and fun.)

While I don’t intend (ever) to write book reviews for this reading project, I do like to share my thoughts on the books—and invite you to offer your thoughts in the comments below. Ideally i’d do this once a month—but as I said I’m two books behind. So I’ll be brief about each book: